DBA Team Structure – Thoughts From Real Life
I once talked about the DBA team building about 3 years ago, now when I look back, I still believe...
2011-11-20
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Jeffrey Yao
Find the largest tables in a database (II)
I once wrote a post to find the largest tables in a database, and now after studying PowerShell, I feel...
2011-09-18
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Job Exit Planning Strategy
I feel somehow sad today (Aug 31, 2011) to see one of my colleagues “laid-off”. I put quotation mark around...
2011-09-01
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Thoughts on DBA Professional Development
As a DBA, we have a lot to work on and also we have a lot to learn about. The...
2011-08-20
1,388 reads
Counting code lines in SPs with Powershell
One of interesting tasks I once had is to check the # of code lines for all user stored procedures (SPs)...
2011-08-14
1,396 reads
Database Administration Operation Road Map
In my company, every two years, we have a tradition to collectively ponder at the technology road map for the...
2011-08-13
2,264 reads
Delete backup files older than days
For almost all sql backup jobs, we want to have a step to delete old backup files older than a...
2011-08-06
4,493 reads
Find the largest tables in a database
From time to time, I need to find the largest tables in terms of rows / used space / total space etc....
2010-09-28
32,277 reads
Restart SQL Server Default Trace
One of my test servers, due to the unexpected growth of a user db, the local drive is used up,...
2010-08-13
11,857 reads
Proposals to win a MSDN Subscription
Recently quite a few MVPs (here, here and here ) are handling out MSDN Ultimate subscriptions in the community. What interests...
2010-07-08
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Blogs
Spark Connect Dotnet November 2024 Where are we?
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All Spark Connect Posts Introduction There have been quite a few changes in the last...
A New Word: Ochisia
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ochisia – n. the fear that the role you once occupied in someone’s life...
Create a Numbers Table in Power Query
This is a quick blog post, mainly so I have the code available if...
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Question of the Day
The Density Vector
When building statistics, there is the concept of density that refers to the duplicates in a table. How is this calculated?
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